Setting up mod_userdir and editing php5.conf appropriately could be helpful if you want to keep your files in /home/[username]/public_html/

Mike

On 2012-06-04 08:35, JD Austin wrote:

If you have the typical apache/mysql/php stack installed on your machine Joomla is pretty easy to install.

1. install apache/mysql/php if you haven't already
2. create a database for it in mysql
3. extract the joomla zip file to your web-root folder (often /var/www/html)
4. fire up a web browser to 'http://localhost' assuming you're running it on your own machine.
5. follow the prompts.

For any of the above that isn't obvious Google is your friend :)